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GBSIoT Celebrates Medal Success at WorldSkills UK National Finals

GBSIoT Celebrates Medal Success at WorldSkills UK National Finals

by Next Gen Makers | Dec 2, 2025 | Good news

Learners representing the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBSIoT) have once again demonstrated the strength of the region’s technical talent, bringing home two medals from the WorldSkills UK National Finals held in Wales. Three GBSIoT teams...
UK’s biggest rail operator launches 2026 apprentice recruitment drive

UK’s biggest rail operator launches 2026 apprentice recruitment drive

by Next Gen Makers | Nov 6, 2025 | Good news

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is calling on budding engineers to apply for its 2026 intake of apprentice engineers, as vacancies are now live to join the UK’s largest rail operator. Aspiring engineers will learn how to maintain GTR’s large fleet of trains for...
Ten young engineers to join Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy in 2025

Ten young engineers to join Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy in 2025

by Next Gen Makers | Nov 6, 2025 | Good news

Ten exceptional young engineers will join Atlassian Williams Racing and Komatsu’s global engineering initiative as the ‘class of 2025’ in the Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy – the global initiative designed to discover and develop the next generation...
12 engineers complete apprenticeships at Finning UK

12 engineers complete apprenticeships at Finning UK

by Next Gen Makers | Oct 23, 2025 | Good news

Twelve engineers have completed their apprenticeships at Finning UK & Ireland, taken their next steps on the career ladder with the company. The group has spent four years with Finning, the world’s largest dealer of Cat® machines, parts and aftermarket services...
Sheffield Forgemasters launches state-of-the-art 6,700 sq ft training facility

Sheffield Forgemasters launches state-of-the-art 6,700 sq ft training facility

by Next Gen Makers | Oct 15, 2025 | Good news

Sheffield Forgemasters has formally opened a 6,700 sq ft training and development facility to upskill its apprentices for the next generation of nuclear-grade engineering. The facility was formally opened by company Chair, Admiral Sir Tim Fraser, who unveiled 18...
3 steps to boost your early careers talent pipeline

3 steps to boost your early careers talent pipeline

by Next Gen Makers | Oct 8, 2025 | Good news

Ask most local school, college or university students to name an engineering or manufacturing business they know and would like to work for, and what do you think they would say? Would they name your company? You’d certainly hope so, given employer brand...
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